Having read some of the manga, I came in absolutely expecting to hate this anime, and 5 episodes in, I don't. I'd give it a 6/10 so far. I'm not a fan of the overpowered MC with a harem in an isekai world plot line. Spoilers ahead.

The anime exceeds expectations by at least trying to do a decent job in the animation itself. The magic is all very fluid and colourful. Likewise, the world itself is designed fairly well. background characters are not CGI polygons moving like stiff robots. Even the world-design has some decent thought put into it. I was surprised to see
at one point that this world has advertisements and posters on the wall, for instance. The design is consistent. I was also pleasantly surprised to see some level of consistency in the design of the magic system. It's shown that Shin has superb control of magic because he has trained himself to have very precise control of his magic power and he can use the science of his past life to change the way he visualizes magic phenomenon. This gives him an edge. This is a far cry from other Isekai characters, who are powerful just because.

Even the character of Shin isn't terrible. The kid has not been taught the common sense of the world and has a skewed perception of what a strong magician is. This is not by itself a problem. In fact, it's nice to see that his success doesn't get to his head. He is also smart during battle. He takes decisions well. When one of his enemies secretly escapes, he doesn't immediately assume that he's vanquished him. He gives it thought and lets the prince know that the enemy might be alive. That is solid work in my book.

But the basic problem of the story is still Cecily. I wish Shin had been given a chance to explore this world himself and make relations by himself. As it is, he falls in love at first sight and volunteers to guard her from her stalker just to be near to her. From then on, with very little explanation for why the romance subplot is valuable or meaningful, we barrel headfirst into it. Everyone seems to support this weird love between Cecily and Shin. But Cecily herself seems bashful and reluctant to say she likes him. Unlike most of the other characters, Cecily doesn't appear to have some ambition, or some sense of her own morals and ideals, or some role she wishes to take in her society. She is pretty much defined as the MCs girl. Unlike her, Maria is a far more interesting character. The prince also seems to genuinely enjoy being friends with him because he likes interacting with someone who doesn't alter his behaviour toward royalty. Cecily alone is this paper moon, floating above a cardboard sea. I won't be surprised if she becomes a damsel in distress in the near future.

The threat towards the kingdom and Shin's family is not yet clear. We know it includes demons. But the fact that this opponent can face Shin head-on despite his OP nature is reassuring. Not every anime can pull off the One-Punch Man effect well.

You won't miss much if you forego this anime. There's certainly not much to this that's likely to change the way you see the world, or truly create a memorable, audio-visual experience. The story isn't fantastic. It's actually pretty predictable. But what it is is an 'average' anime decently executed.

Why does this exist? I genuinely believe that the animators and the storywriters got bored and got a monkey high on LSD to copy and paste sections of other LNs to make this travesty.

And boy does it copy other LNs liberally. The character is a clone of the guy from 'in another world with a smartphone'. The girls are copied from High School DxD and some of the lore gets thrown about casually too. The monkey took extra pains to make sure this was explained in one episode, but only so that it could confuse the viewer even more. The opponents are clones of
antagonists from 'Campione!'.

The anime does not even try to follow the plot points to the end. Battles start without us knowing, and end off screen while the MC looks ahead with a constipated expression, moaning on about how he is just a cheat. The girls all 'love' him, but we see little reason why. Really, they only serve to provide some fanservice. The MC spends a lot of time doing random things in the workshop and building his country, but we don't see the impacts of this. He mentions it once, it magically gets done and then we never hear of it again.

The one noteworthy plot point is in relation to his girlfriend, which is followed through to the end. Although even here, the plot holes in between are greater than the sum total of their love story. We never get to know why this girl even loves this guy apart from her being his 'childhood friend'. Brilliant. Why bother building an actual relationship?

Even the final battle is skipped. I actually could not believe it. They skipped the final battle to show us a montage of the MC being cheered on by his people.

This anime is trash. The animation is painfully average; the character design is uninspired and built on stereotypes of other, more popular characters; the plot is weak and nonsensical; the music is cringe-inducing; the dialogue is childish and the entire experience feels meaningless. There is no satisfaction at having followed one person or one clan through some defining struggle or overcoming massive odds or standing for the ideals. The anime never actually tries to make the viewer feel anything other than a vapid sense of the mind blanking out. There is no tragedy, no humour, no romance, nothing at all that can make the viewer interested. The only reason I watched this through to the end is because I have a soft spot for kingdom-building anime, manga or LNs.

But this isn't it folks. This can legally be defined as an anime because of its origins, but as the bard said it best: To me, it is nothing more than a vacuum in the air.

TL;DR: It's more interesting as a story and world than the other review lets on. With it's ecchi scenes added in, you can't go wrong giving this a try.

A lot more chapters have come out since the other review on this manga, so I thought it is only fair to leave my impressions here, so people passing by get a better idea of what to expect reading this.

CHARACTER

This manga is full of gratuitous nudity and ecchi scenes. The MC is a girl who dresses pretty much all the time in lingerie and says that she dislikes wearing a bra. The premise of the story
being that the world is suddenly depopulated and she is one of the very few survivors -- though she did not know that a first -- the story very quickly shows us the MC walking in the streets in pure daylight in her knickers and taking a bath in a public fountain. She also breaks into shops and houses and takes whatever she wants. She is sexually open and is afraid of the dark; she needs to orgasm to sleep well at night.

Now, at first glance, this makes for little better than doujinshi material. At 5 chapters into the story, this is the only aspect of her you get to see. But I was pleasantly surprised by how much more development she gets as a character later on. She has been through a lot in life, and the story lets us know how insecure she feels about herself and how much she relies on sex to deal with her experiences at the hands of her shitty parents, brother and first boyfriend. 47 chapters in, I still haven't pieced together the entire story of her life, but I already think it's far more interesting than just another ecchi manga. She takes joy in her sensuality, and is independent, but is also paradoxically a slave to her fears, and needs her sexuality almost like a coping mechanism. She is a deeply-flawed character. It is not easy to like her, but you do get concerned for her and root for her.

WORLD-BUILDING

Another pleasantly interesting aspect of this is the world itself. An abandoned world could very easily just show the MC doing thrilling things in public until the novelty wears off and the manga sputters off to an early end. However, this world is more dynamic. It interacts with the MC, in my opinion, making it more like her dreamworld than a properly depopulated city.

There are elements of magic and fantasy mixed in. Tunnels seem to be wormholes to different places. Some of the characters, in particular Fatty and College-girl, seem to be products of the world itself, rather than people proper. Their aspirations seem to be to help the MC 'get home'. It gets to the point that you are immediately suspicious of whoever you meet on the road. There is also one other character who is an unknown variable and always seems one step behind the MC. It adds considerable tension to the story.

OTHER IMPRESSIONS

If you've noticed that I've pretty much singled out the MC as the sole character and included the others in the world-building portion, it's because I personally believe the world itself may be all in the head of the MC. So far, this is not explicitly stated, but there are small hints.

I have found myself surprisingly invested in the MC and her journey. I also have a very bad feeling about hat lies waiting for her when she gets 'home.'

The art was good. The world was not drawn in too much detail, which is good, because it seems to be in flux. Character designs are pretty plain apart from the MC and the college-girl. The men, in particular, have had very little effort put into character design. This might very much be by design though, considering the nature of the world this is set in, and so I'm not entirely bothered by it. The girls are hot, and every chapter is predominantly made up of eye candy.

I'm interested to see where this leads. There is continuously a slow thrum of tragedy underlying this otherwise fun little nudist romp through the countryside. That's what will keep me going back. To see what waits for her at 'home.'

Overall, this manga is quite predictable to anyone who has read shoujo manga. The characters have more development than many other shoujo heroines and their ubermensch love interests, and it shows here. Unlike other shoujo manga that you will read purely for enjoyment, you will find yourself invested in these characters and their interactions. The artwork is quite fluffy and expressive, with minimal panel background art.

I gave this manga an 8 because through it's characters it actually got me invested in the story and feeling a similar sense of finality to friends going through their last year at high school together, unsure of their
own selves or their future. 16 chapters is too short to judge whether this will be a success or whether it will just peter out in later chapters. If they keep the plot pacing and provide some real opportunities for character growth, I think it could score even higher.

At the time I am writing this review, this novel has only 49 members on MAL. Somehow, this isn't a very popular series here, so if people are really undecided on whether to invest some time into reading this manga, let me say right now: give it a try. I hope to convince you why through this review.

To begin with this novel beats all the cliches and tropes associated with rebirth and Isekai novels out of the water. It takes a much more down-to-earth look at what life as a reincarnated person in another world would be like. Moreover, our protagonist is not reborn to
a noble family, or born with OP powers, or even born with some quest to kill a demon lord. Rather, the villain in this novel is much more subtle. Yes, if I had to name a villain here, it would be society itself, or the people in history who allowed such a society to come into existence. It takes a look at inequality, aristocracy or landed gentry and discrimination based upon magical power in such a world quite realistically. Imagine an alternate world where the magic is beginning to dry up and the people, long accustomed to using magic to solve all their problems, are now facing an insurmountable wall. The protagonist, being a reincarnated individual with knowledge of science can possibly be a boon in this world. The story thus revolves around her and her interactions with people around her as she introduces new solutions to a inert and sluggish place.

The person who carries this story through is definitely the MC, Ryou. So far, we do not receive POVs from other characters. The MCs primary struggle in this alternate world is finding her place in a loving family. The story shows how poverty and ambition drives people to use her to fulfil their wishes. Even people who we think are very close to her might suddenly show themselves to have thought of her as an object to be monopolized, rather than a person. This repeated rejection has understandably given the MC feelings of inferiority and jealousy, but as of now, she might have found at least 3 people who care about her deeply, which is comforting.

I believe this novel makes us side with the MC very effectively by showing us a world very divorced from our modern ideals of universal education, equality and right to private ownership and entrepreneurship. We look at this sluggish world and wish the MC could be a positive force here and make a living and positive contribution in this world.

The plot is not particularly adventurous or filled with slaves and elves and beastmen falling in love. TO begin with, the protagonist is a girl. Ad right from the start, she has to come to terms with some of the realities of being born so in a poor family. It is quite serious and the themes get quite dark. However, Ryou's positive attitude in all of that is heartwarming and really helps drive the story along.

I am very happy to say that as of right now, I cannot possibly predict where this story will go or how it will end. So it is a novel experience for me. And just for that alone, I would say it is worth reading. The translator's have put effort into it and it reads pretty well in English. So if you have some spare time, definitely look into this.

For some reason this novel has not gathered much popularity here on MAL. So for those of you deciding on whether it is worth your time to read this, I hope this review comes in helpful.

Short: If you like SoL and Iekai manga and novels, read this. If not, I'm not so sure you'll like it.

The first thing I should say about this novel is that it has a pretty unique style to it. Yes, we have the classic 'boy gets transported to another world' development. Of course he is popular with the ladies, although mostly not immediately, which is nice for a change. He
obviously has an unfair amount of magic and an unfair affinity to the world's magic attributes. This is more or less expected. But I really appreciated the calm SoL like feeling in every chapter. There is no rushing into dungeons, no descending into terror at the sight of pools of blood, no anguish about disasters that befall the world and require a hero, no bullying from people in the world, no character development resulting in a quiet, bullied kid becoming an emo sorcerer king. Even in the midst of battle, things turn out to be a little humorous. Now depending on whether or not you like SoLs, this may be a good or bad thing. Personally, I like SoLs very much and I am also a big fan of the World Transfer stories, so this combination worked out well for me.

The plot is fairly episodic. As I mentioned, don't expect a Game of Thrones style epic continent-encompassing battle with a hero standing out with a golden halo. Think less of Mushoku Tensei and more along the lines of Shield Hero when he is busy building his village of demi-humans. This novel shines best when the MC is chilling at home, making things from his world and we get to see the reactions of the people around him. The world is pretty well made with a lot of cities and different political systems. The people at the top level of these places also happen to be pretty quirky folks.

The characters don't undergo much development so far in the story. I don't think it is more than halfway into the whole plot yet anyway, and there is a lot left to be seen yet -- at least that is the case with the translation I am reading -- and so we can still expect more from it. Even so, the characters are pretty nice and the interactions between them are fun. The girls in the harem are all on some level cliches, but that is not necessarily bad here. The MC is a super pure guy and the girls are the more assertive ones in the whole deal. If you don't like it, as I said, stay away. Also, God is a very chilled grandpa in this novel. Reminded me a bit of General Iroh in Avatar.

As for enjoyment, I liked it. It was fun. I think if I were accidentally transferred to another world, I would like to spend my time a bit more like this. Testosterone pumping fights are great and all, but sometimes it is better to take it easy. Just don't have extremely high expectations of the MC. He's a calm dude who wants to take it easy in the new world he happens to find himself in. Don't expect him to put his life on the line and fight off people just because he can -- though invariably he does end up fighting anyway.

I gave this an 8 overall. I intend to continue reading it so long as the translator find it in him to continue his service to the community.

Short Version: It's truly an average LN for one in this genre. There's nothing really that stands out and deserves merit, but it is certainly not as bad as it could be. I've read worse. If you are considering whether to read this, ask yourself if you have read any LN similar to the synopsis. If so, this is really not worth reading. If not, use it as an introduction to the genre, then go watch some other anime like this.

Note: I have a feeling this was cut short early by the publishers, because halfway through the 4 volumes, I had a feeling the world
and plot was a lot bigger than what was delivered in the last two volumes of the LN. Keep this in mind. It could have been better.

And now for the review.

I'll start with the art, since this is the least important part of a LN. I thought it was decent, with some good character designs and some nice costumes. Like most LN art, the characters seem to have a very rounded design, which I am not too fond of. Nothing that will turn you away though. It doesn't take getting used to like the designs in One Piece. I gave it a 7.

Now, we move on to the plot. Honestly, I found it terribly weak. It might be because I have read a lot of LNs like this though, since I did enjoy it and finished it in one sitting. It's short, with just 4 volumes. I disliked the immense number of deus ex machinae in every volume. This is to be expected with a character who is introduced as being more or less invincible. All of the motivations of the characters seem forced, like it is included in the plot only because it is the standard in such LNs. Characters fall in love and have crushes or get angry very predictably. It is easy to guess where the plot will go. Thus, at many points, you see major plot components go unexplained by the author, with the reader still understanding why the event has occurred, although by drawing their knowledge of other, better LNs. Also, as I have mentioned, it had a rushed ending. I gave it a 3.

Characters are also poorly created in this LN. The MC is not a very interesting character. His personality is quite like a Gary Stu in that he is immensely powerful and et acts very humble and kind, supposedly inducing the kind of heartthrobs among adolescent girls that make them go weak in the knees. He barely faces any reason to mature as a character. The great tragedy of his past did not seem as traumatic to me as the author evidently thought it ought to be. The female characters are also quite the same, showing growth spurts in power that can only be described as deus ex machinae and showing no development as a character at all. The only character I liked was the fairy queen Elfiena. The members of the World Government were abhorrent and made me wonder why exactly they were even made the leaders of their countries. I also quite liked Michael, the effect he has on other people being interesting to read. Overall, I gave it another 3.

On the whole, I did enjoy the LN. I did read it in one go. However, it is not very memorable and I probably will never bother reading it again. Skipping this one would not be a tragedy.

So try it if you have the time. It's certainly not a nauseating experience, but if you are looking for a quality read, or a gem among the coal or something that makes you change your perspective n the world, or something entirely immersive and cathartic, this is not the option for you.

First off, someone needs to explain to me HOW this manga got so many positive reviews. This manga is certainly over-hyped. I'd give it an OVERALL score of 4, with a HIGH score of 7 for art and a LOW score of 3 for characters.

I will use some slight spoilers in this review, but nothing that should ruin your enjoyment of the manga. Also, I have to confess I have not read the sequel. I don't intend to do so for the near future.

To give credit where it is due, I think the author did have a solid story planned out from the
start which was suppressed and lost due to the format. Had this been a LN, I think the author would have had a much better chance to develop his characters right and lay out the dynamics of the world. The pacing of the manga in the start is very slow -- and slower to lay out the exposition -- and it is extremely fast towards the end.

The plot of this manga is very confusing; to the point I would say that 'confusing' is an understatement. It starts out a bit like High School DxD, progresses quickly into a pace like Mx0 with less comedy, then we get a scenario a bit like Owari no Seraph and lapse off into an ending that invited the reader to continue reading in the next series. The lack of a conclusive ending did not contribute to my enjoyment of the series. Characters are introduced rather haphazardly and the world building is mediocre at best. Even by the end I didn't understand anything about Orvis or the way it is governed. I'm also not sure if it is just an academy or an entire city. The powers of the characters are also not scaled well. Readers are not explained the source of the character's magical powers or the reason for the variation in powers. This need not be a problem, but at many points in the story, characters have sudden power-ups that make little sense and the inability of the reader to gauge the sense of threat to the MCs makes each encounter less interesting. As a reader, I never found myself invested in the story, like I do for One Piece.

The art is actually fairly good and the fanservice is also not overtly scattered at odd-points in the panels. There were a few scenes where I thought the fanservice was badly placed, but it isn't too problematic.

The characters are where this manga scored really low. Characters are not consistent. The female MC was badass in the beginning and -- remarkably suddenly -- transforms into a lovestruck girl with low self-esteem. How she fell in love with our MC, I will never know. The male MC started out as a serious character, then seemed to become some average MC of a harem anime and then reverted to serious. The MCs friends are introduced and then forgotten rather quickly. The motivations of characters are never fully explained. We don't know anything about the teachers of this academy, or the motivation of the four leaders of this society, or even the real motivations of our MCs. Serin's motivations are especially confusing.

The overall muddle of the plot, the inconsistencies of the characters and the poorly-developed world makes for a less-than-enjoyable experience.

TL;DR: I would recommend people to skip this manga. If I eventually bring myself to read the sequel and form a better opinion of this, I'll revise my review here. It's just a messy series at all points.

Few people may read this review as it's almost literally at the bottom of the heap of reviews written for this series. But I have to get my opinion out there. this anime is way too overhyped.

It does a lot of good things. It's strong points include the overall story, the character development, the (very) atmospheric music, the artwork and the design of the world. In fact, up until episode 20 or so I really thought I had come across a masterpiece worthy of a 10/10 rating. I even considered going and downgrading some
of my other anime because this one raised the bar for me.

-- SPOILERS BEGIN -- Warning: Rant mode = ON

And then the anime brought out all its negatives. The series conclusion is stale, generic and a cliche of mecha anime that really has no place in a project of this ambition, that is otherwise quite unique and well-thought out. The ending is lazy writing at best; uninspired insipid plagiarism at its worst. The villain was well-thought out and her defeat is due to several deus-ex machinae that really frustrated me. I marathoned this anime and expected a good conclusion because the beginning was good and the story progression was stellar. For the anime to let me down at the 20 episode mark was horribly disheartening.

I was even a bit impressed by how the MC had managed to choose between the two girls who vie for his attention. Right at the end I'm given a cliched harem rom-com situation that I never expected. Why? Just why?

The music which usually fit the mood of each episode really deteriorated towards the ending as well. All in all, the ending threw off the anime from a masterpiece to a cringe-fest.

--End of SPOILERS --

This was a good anime and is worth watching but the ending is aggravatingly mediocre.

Skip this novel. Seriously; go read Log Horizon, Mushoku Tensei or Tate no yuusha instead. This one is just a bad, sad take on the virtual MMORPG/ rebirth in a new world genre. Slight SPOILERS ahead.

If I had to choose the one thing that makes this novel a good choice for garden manure, it would be that the author seems to be too lazy to flesh out the world and the characters himself. Upon checking his page, I saw that this was his only publication according to MAL. In this case I can only hope he matures as a writer in his next attempt.
Everything just falls into place in this novel like a jigsaw puzzle because it is expected that it would. The game system is weird and intrusive, rewarding the character for doing anything other than simply breathing. The guy is automatically one of the most powerful people there. There isn't even some power to master or some trial to overcome. The guy just is all-powerful. He takes down a dragon God in the second chapter and becomes an extremely overpowered guy the very instant he wakes up. We learn next to nothing about the city, but it's all fine because there is nothing here we need not expect. There are slaves (there always are); there is magic (to be fair, there is a system involved but its not well-explained) and there are demons (how else can the OP MC do anything)
Most of the time, I found myself filling in for the author from other, better series. It wasn't even that funny.

Next, onto characters. I'm going to take the unconventional route and start with the women in this novel. Never have I felt more sorry for characters in a fictional world. Most of the women are cute, big-breasted (obviously) and eager to talk but sadly unavailable. The women who are available are either lolis or flat-chested or both. Would it have hurt to make some sort of well-defined character. I still don't know anything about the personalities of any of the female characters. I'm not even too sure about the female knight in the second chapter because she was always far too shy. I couldn't even properly empathize with Arisa's story in the third chapter. There's too many vague factors, we don't see Arisa work hard for her country once and the ordinary LN style narration did not help. The MC is detestable. At one point, he didn't land the killing blow on a demon in the city and the author brushed it off by saying something to the effect of "Well, I couldn't really do that, you know?" I get it. Modern men are mostly not used to killing and bloodshed and would be hesitant to kill something, even a confirmed demon. However, the author should not be allowed to explain this away so easily. Put some weight behind the words for god's sake. This is just a rip-off of any other novel in the genre with none of the emotions or strong characters. There is nothing that makes me like this character or respect him. On the contrary, I constantly wished this was a joke and the real MC would appear sometime later.

The art in this work was pretty average and expected of the LN I'd say. Nothing unusual or worthy of praise.

I know I haven't read a lot of the LN; just a little over a volume really. However, I have never been so eager to drop one. Some of the commenters on the website found it enjoyable. If so, I'd like someone to enlighten me about it.